Danielle Sansone’s ‘Two Flowers’ Family CD Release Concert
Eddie’s Attic, 515-B North McDonough Street, Decatur, GA
Saturday, October 18, 5:30 p.m.
$10 in advance; $12 at the door
404-377-4976
www.eddiesattic.com
September 17 , 2008
Hello!
A couple of items for today's update.
First of all, the wonderful children's music website The Pokey Pup (which happens to be based in Atlanta) is now selling Two Flowers. You can find it here. Be sure to click around the site and check out all of the great music.
Second, here is a review from Out With The Kids.
The last thing the world needs is another children's lullaby CD...that is, once everyone in the world owns Danielle Sansone's gorgeous "Two Flowers
The beauty of this album begins the moment your eyes meet the fantastic cover art and carries through to when your ears hear the last note of "So Many Ways" - the precious final track. Danielle's music is expansive enough to allow every keystroke on the piano and strum of the guitar to fade sweetly into the distance while her voice floats above with an overriding lyrical theme of never ending love of one's children. The comparisons are there, so I'll just go ahead and make them - yes, indeed she sounds a bit like a less-raspy Norah Jones especially on the superb title track where the overdubbed lead vocal (or harmonized backup vocalist, I can't quite tell) adds the just right amount of depth. It is also virtually impossible to listen to a great children's record by a female artist these days without hearing, at least on some level, Natalie Merchant. One may not understand exactly how amazing a vocalist Merchant is until you hear all the singers to come after her. Danielle Sansone is another in the lineage of magical, mystical female vocalists capable of dazzling an audience with every verse.
Many of the tracks on "Two Flowers" feature sparse instrumentation with appropriate string fills scattered about. It all sets up wonderfully as the ideal foundation for Sansone's voice and her lyrics which tug delicately at a parent's heartstrings. For example, if you are fortunate enough to have a couple daughters, as I do, you will surely adore the bed time song "Shimmering".
"Two Flowers" is a must own record for any family with small children. But to be honest you don't need kids to enjoy "Two Flowers" as this 14 song collection of love songs is so sturdy it can and should stand on it's own as a great record, not just a great children's record. The Mrs. didn't even pick up on the fact that it is designated as such.
Additionally, older girls (like the Bear) who love to sing will be enthralled with Danielle's impressive delivery and may also, like the Bear, learn a thing or two about singing. The Bear already has begun to finish some phrases as Danielle does (ie: "...when the morning find the dew" from the title track).
Check out Danielle Sansone's website to purchase this fine record and to see if she'll be strolling through your town sometime soon.
Labels: OWTK MUSIC REVIEWS
August 29, 2008
Tickets for Danielle's CD release show at Eddie's Attic on 10/18 go on sale today at 3pm. Visit www.eddiesattic.com for details or call: 404-377-4876 for more info.
August 23, 2008
Here is a review posted today by Warren Truitt of Kids Music That Rocks : the link is Here.
***Danielle Sansone***
A new kids' music genre needs to be created: Naptime Music. Songs you play when you or your little ones don't necessarily need to fall deeply to sleep, but maybe just need some down time, a few quiet moments to think about the universe or watch the sunlight play on the curtains. Danielle Sansone's Two Flowers falls perfectly into that genre.
This is not "Country Music", which today is too bombastic and relies too heavily on hokey, self-perpetuating stereotypes; this is rural music ... lots of spaces between the notes, room for the lyrics to breathe, the sound of twilight. Danielle's vocals take cues from Emmylou Harris' songbird sound and the note-bending style of Natalie Merchant.
On an album of what are essentially love songs from Danielle to her two daughters, Danielle enlists her brother Pat Sansone (of the wonderfully melodic band The Autumn Defense, and recently a Wilco live sit-in) and Atlanta-based producer/musician Will Robertson both to contribute their multi-instrumental talents. Also appearing are Minneapolis fiddler Peter Ostroushko, Autumn Defense collaborator and pedal steel aficionado John Pirruccello, and banjomeister David Stephens. Mandolins twinkle, pedal steel guitars weep, far-away pianos echo, all surrounded by harmonies galore. The title track sounds like nothing less than an ancient Americana folk song, while most of the tunes on Two Flowers could easily be hits on country radio.
Pair Two Flowers with Dean Jones' Napper's Delight (another nomination for the Naptime Music genre) and you've got yerself an afternoon of mellow gold. Those of us with families are fortunate that Sansone decided to share her music with children and their grownups. And dig the great album art by Jen Singh.
August 21, 2008
Danielle Sansone is set to celebrate the release of her first children’s CD, ‘Two Flowers,’ in a special family concert with full band on Saturday, October 18 at 5:30 p.m. at Eddie’s Attic, 515-B North McDonough Street, Decatur.
Danielle Sansone’s ‘Two Flowers’ Family CD Release Concert
Eddie’s Attic, 515-B North McDonough Street, Decatur, GA
Saturday, October 18, 5:30 p.m.
$10 in advance; $12 at the door
404-377-4976
www.eddiesattic.com
August 14, 2008
Hoopla, the fabulous children's shop in downtown Decatur, Georgia has invited Danielle to play a few tunes during the Decatur Book festival on August 30th. 11:00 is the predicted time. More information to come! www.hooplakids.com
August 13, 2008
Here is a review of Two Flowers that was posted this week on berriesweetpicks.blogspot:
The prettiest flower: A CD review
I have a new barometer for rating the music played in my home. If Buttercup sings along to it, then it stays.
If I find myself listening to it, and singing along, when Buttercup is not around, then it's deemed "perfection" and gets uploaded to the iPod, the CD goes in the minivan, and we listen to it everyday.
Danielle Sansone's "Two Flowers," which debuts on September 23 (Azalea Records, $14.00) is that CD.
I'm not a music critic, so I can't compare her melodies or her lyrics or her vocal talents to other musicians, as is common practice in music reviews. I am just a mom who loves music, and can't get enough of "Two Flowers."
It sends that little shiver up my spine because it's so beautifully executed, so wonderfully relaxing, and so perfect in it's presentation that it just makes you happy to be alive for the chance to enjoy it.
The 14-track disc is a tribute to the wonder of childhood, with songs that address the magic and mystery of sleep, nighttime, and dreams. It's folky with lilting melodies, touching lyrics that are even sweeter when you learn that the CD is a gift to Sansone's two young daughters, and (my favorite) a sure-fire way to get Buttercup to stop crying in the car.
I love the entire CD, but my favorites on the CD are "Bed of Roses," "Like an Angel," "Sleep So Sweetly," "Blanket," and "One More."
If the love a mother has for her child could be described as a sound, it would be Danielle Sansone's CD. I can't say enough good things about "Two Flowers, and will never tire of listening to it.
August 4, 2008
XM kids has recently added "too much coffee" to its rotation. To request you can call 1-866-328-2345 or send an email to xmkids@xmradio.com. (Please do!)
Tracks from Two Flowers have also been heard on Chattanooga's WAWL radio show The Saturday Morning Cereal Bowl. To drop them a request please email Dave: saturdaycerealbowl@yahoo.com
Tracks from Two Flowers have also been heard in Lexington, Kentucky on WRFL-FM's Saturday morning show, Ages 3 and Up.
Check it out at www.ages3andup.blogspot.com .
Tracks from Two Flowers are now being played on the online kids' radio program Mighty Moose Radio Show. Check it out at www.mightyradio.com .
To request tunes from Two Flowers please email dj@mightymooseradio.com .
Midwest Book Review, August edition states, "Danielle Sansone is an Atlanta-based singer-songwriter who has now entered the competitive field of children's music with the release of her debut collection "Two Flowers". The origins of this remarkable and flawlessly recorded album of children's music had its beginnings with songs that Danielle composed for her own two daughters. Her vocal delivery is reminiscent of the kind of American folk country genre as exemplified by such iconic performers as the Carter family, and deftly combines bluegrass with intricate symphonic flourishes of the domestic ballad. "
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